“By now, many recent graduates realize that choices made several years earlier have come to haunt them,” wrote 91ɫ political science Professor Thomas Klassen in University Affairs April 2. “Low grades earned because of decisions to hold two part-time jobs to minimize student loans, or so they could purchase the latest consumer products, become insurmountable barriers to a successful transition from school to work.” .
In February, Calgary tech startup Slyce acquired a piece of tech from 91ɫ PhD student Ehsan Fazi-Ersi, which was developed in conjunction with MaRS Innovation and Innovation 91ɫ. Slyce then hired Fazi-Ersi to head up its research and development department, reported Yonge Street April 2. .
The CommunityBUILD Mash-up winners were announced this past Thursday at a celebratory event at the Markham Convergence Centre, reported Yonge Street April 2. An ongoing collaboration between VentureLAB, 91ɫ and United Way 91ɫ Region, CommunityBUILD's stated mission "is to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem addressing important social issues in 91ɫ Region" in an effort to spur innovative approaches to social issues. .
ʰǴڱǰDaniel Cohn of 91ɫ's School of Public Policy and Administration noted the top-paid 1,000 employees on last year’s “sunshine list” got a 7.2 per cent wage hike the year before, more than triple those in the bottom half. "That looks like there's bargaining going on," he said in the Ottawa Sun April 2, noting that most large organizations have ways to renegotiate salaries and nothing spurs people like a colleague's fatter pay packet. .